http://www.metafilter.com/tags/short+comedy Posts tagged with 'short' and 'comedy' at MetaFilter. Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:46:53 -0800 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:46:53 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/78200/Days%2DWithout%2Dan%2DAccident <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/Hochbetrieb"><i>Hochbetrieb</i> [<i>Nuts & Bolts</i>]</a> is a 2003 short from Germany that utilizes live actors and computer-generated effects in tribute to influences ranging from <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-955434550047453853">silent</a> <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=893627879073510155">comedies</a> to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunchtime_atop_a_Skyscraper">Charles</a> <a href="http://www.nytstore.com/ProdDetail.aspx?prodId=2472">Ebbetts'</a> <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/401965/Never-Fear-to-Die">images</a> of construction crews atop the GE Building, along with a <a href="http://video.yahoo.com/watch/39535/1559654">cat &amp; mouse cartoon from MGM guest-starring a baby</a> and a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGE8wVTvHF0">Warner Brothers piece about an amphibian</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.78200 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:46:53 -0800 2003 baby bw cgi chaplin comedy ebbetts evening froggy fx ge german girder haroldlloyd Hochbetrieb looney lunch merrie mgm michigan nutsbolts photo poster rockafeller short silent slapstick stunts tomjerry warner Smart Dalek http://www.metafilter.com/76659/Heroes <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0818263/">Super</a> <a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=QFF4T5AFiVw">Powers</a>, winner of the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival Special Jury Prize for Best Narrative Short (possibly NSFW - a couple of swear words and adult theme) tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.76659 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:12:53 -0800 batman comedy Film Short superheroes Trebica wonderwoman youtube fearfulsymmetry http://www.metafilter.com/43857/The%2DOnly%2DMan%2DStalin%2DEver%2DFeared <a href="http://motoring.independent.co.uk/comment/">Alexei Sayle's writing for the Independent</a> in the Motoring section. Occasionally it's about motoring, too! Also found was his "Imitating Katherine Walker" [<a href="http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:-Lin7Eer98sJ:www.bbc.co.uk/endofstory/story_pdfs/alexei_sayle_imitating_katherine_walker.pdf+imitating+katherine+walker&hl=en">html</a>/<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/endofstory/story_pdfs/alexei_sayle_imitating_katherine_walker.pdf">pdf</a>] and an excerpt from his book of short stories <a href="http://www.barcelonareview.com/35/e_as.htm">'Barcelona Plates'.</a> <small>more inside</small> tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.43857 Sat, 30 Jul 2005 14:31:34 -0800 Alexei British comedy humor novel Sayle short story writing Zack_Replica http://www.metafilter.com/42053/Deere%2DJohn <a href="http://www.mitchellrose.com">Machine as romantic object.</a> The short film “Deere John” explores how narrative archetype can humanize the inanimate (and is funny). tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.42053 Tue, 17 May 2005 08:13:40 -0800 comedy dance Deere film John Mitchell Rose short stacyhall1